The National Ignition Facility, home of the first net-positive fusion reaction, is back with an even more powerful energy shot.

A new study shows LLMs like Chat GPT win more debates than humans when it gets a little personal.

As scientists use machine learning to decode the sounds of whales, dogs, and dolphins, opinions vary on how best to deploy the technology.

Fossilized footprints from Australia are forcing paleontologists to rethink the tetrapod family tree.

CT scans, UV light, and careful prep work uncovered feathers that may have given the ancient dinosaur liftoff.

A newly described species from the Burgess Shale had three eyes, clawed limbs, and a tail full of gills—plus internal organs preserved in stunning detail.

The jig is up for this supermassive cosmic predator.

ESA's Proba-3 just achieved a world-first: millimeter-precise formation flying, entirely on its own.

Researchers say our understanding of Earth’s largest biome is based on a tiny, unrepresentative sample dominated by just a few countries.

Brood XIV will emerge this summer to overwhelm predators, shake up ecosystems, and terrify everyone with eardrums.

A sealed Herculaneum scroll yields its secrets—revealing a lost philosophical treatise by Philodemus through virtual unwrapping.

A cute observation in the cephalopods' behavior indicates they also react to sound waves, a notion that will soon be tested with a machine learning approach.

The fusion reactor’s electromagnetic “heart” is complete, bringing us one step closer to clean, infinite energy—though there's still a long road ahead.

Drought, wind, and climate change are turning the Borderplex into a morass of airborne grit.

The space-based observatory will scan the cosmos in 102 colors we can't see to unlock the secret history of the universe.

A forgotten flare from a dead star could explain how the early cosmos got its bling.

This exoplanet’s glow confirms it’s real, and it's somehow survived a stellar death spiral.

Using two infrared space telescopes and a 23-year gap, scientists may have spotted a mysterious, slow-moving object beyond Neptune.

The six-rotor aircraft passed a cool milestone, but we’re still waiting to see if these sky Ubers ever actually lift off commercially.

The executive action weakens environmental review and public input in favor of industrial-scale tree cutting—despite science showing it won’t stop wildfires.